196365438+On February 26th, the Ministry of National Defense awarded him the honorary title of "Air Force Fighting Hero"; 1On June 6th, 964, the Ministry of National Defense awarded the honorary title of "Hero Camp" to the 2nd Battalion. 2013 1 01October 3/kloc-0 at 6: 00, Yue Zhenhua died of heart disease at the General Hospital of Beijing Military Region at the age of 87.
Later, the Ministry of National Defense awarded Yue Zhenhua the honorary title of "Air Force Combat Hero". Later, he was also received by Chairman Mao.
1In July, 964, President Mao Zedong wrote in an air force report: "Very well, congratulations to comrades!" He also said to Premier Zhou Enlai, "Where is this unit? I want to meet them. " Mao Zedong named the second battalion of surface-to-air missiles, the unit that greeted the heroes, namely, the national air defense operation, with Yue Zhenhua as the battalion commander.
1On July 23rd, 964, President Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De and other revolutionaries of the older generation received all the officers and men of the 2nd Battalion, which was the only organized unit that President Mao Zedong had received since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Yue Zhenhua, then the battalion commander, recalled that on that day, the posts from sentry to cook in the camp were all managed by brothers, and the officers and men of the Second Battalion were surrounded by leaders one by one, leaving behind eternal glory.
As can be seen from the photos of that year, Yue Zhenhua, the battalion commander, is a senior colonel. It is said that when the U-2 plane was shot down for the first time, after hearing the combat report in Yue Zhenhua, Chairman Mao waved his hand and said: I will add another star to the next one. Thus, such a special "senior colonel battalion commander" was born for the first time in the people's army.
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Top Secret 543 is a military war drama produced by the Television Art Center of the Political Department of the Air Force, directed by Song Haibo and Wang Gong, and starring Wang Cong and Vivian? .
Based on the historical background that 1959 RB-57D reconnaissance plane and 1962 U-2 reconnaissance plane were shot down by the China People's Liberation Army, the play tells the story that the "Hero 2nd Battalion" of the Air Force's surface-to-air missile unit overcame many difficulties and defended the airspace of new China? .
Why didn't Yue Zhenhua mention Major General? Just because he caught up with the period when our country abolished his rank.
Yue Zhenhua was promoted to senior colonel in July 1964 for shooting down three reconnaissance planes (1 RB57, 2, 2 U2). Please note that he was promoted to the rank of Colonel on September 1962. The time interval between this promotion and the last promotion is less than 2 years. According to the general law, it takes five years to be promoted from regiment level to division level.
However, since then 1965 has cancelled the rank, and naturally he has not been promoted to the general. 1985 retired from the position of deputy chief of staff of the air force in the northern military region, and resumed his rank as 1988.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Yue Zhenhua